Written Answers - Cattle Societies Amalgamation.

Thursday, 19 February 1998

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 487 No. 5

Page of 131

92.Mr. Bradford
asked the
Minister for Agriculture and Food
if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 3 February 1998, he will set a deadline for the amalgamation of the two cattle societies seeking registration approval.
[4509/98]

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mr. Walsh):The proposed amalgamation of the two cattle breed societies referred to in the question is primarily a matter for the organisations themselves and it would not be appropriate for me to [993] set a deadline for the completion of that process. However, I understand that the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society is providing assistance to the two societies in this case and that work on the drafting of rules for the proposed new organisation is well advanced.